A LARGE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL (ZUN) LATE SHANG / EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC supported on a high splayed foot, the body crisply cast with three taotie with raised eyes in a broad band each bisected by a narrow flange against a leiwen ground, the angled shoulder with a further narrower band interrupted by three bovine masks in high relief, the neck encircled by a pair of bowstrings and rising to the widely flared mouth, the patina a smooth pale green with green and pale blue encrustation, Japanese wood box (2) Height 13 3/4 in., 35 cm
A LARGE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL (ZUN) LATE SHANG / EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC supported on a high splayed foot, the body crisply cast with three taotie with raised eyes in a broad band each bisected by a narrow flange against a leiwen ground, the angled shoulder with a further narrower band interrupted by three bovine masks in high relief, the neck encircled by a pair of bowstrings and rising to the widely flared mouth, the patina a smooth pale green with green and pale blue encrustation, Japanese wood box (2) Height 13 3/4 in., 35 cm
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